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Hi All,
Does anybody have an idea to stop my 10 month old from biting when he nursing. Almost every time he starts he nips me and whit his upper teeth coming in it is really starting to hurt. I have tried allot of different things but none so far have worked so maybe you all have a few pointers. Thanks, CW |
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With both my kids that I nursed into when they had teeth, if they bit I
would say a loud ouch and grimace at them. Then put my breast away. I also might say that it hurt. I would say no more if they bite, and that's it. With my dd who is a nursling with teeth now I say no biting as she latches on because my dh discovered that if he offered his finger to her and said no biting, that she would not bite. It has worked with me with the breast too. The real trick is the firmness with no more breastfeeding for awhile if they bite. I really only made them not nurse for 5 minutes or so. That's darned near infinity to them. KC Duder wrote: Hi All, Does anybody have an idea to stop my 10 month old from biting when he nursing. Almost every time he starts he nips me and whit his upper teeth coming in it is really starting to hurt. I have tried allot of different things but none so far have worked so maybe you all have a few pointers. Thanks, CW |
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I'm new here.. I don't have any suggestions. Just wanted to let you
know that my ten month old is doing the same thing, so I'm right there with you. She doesn't bite while she's nursing, but that's her immediate response as she's put onto the breast. I've been too lazy to correct it, but I guess I'm going to have to start trying what you said, KC. Thanks for the advice. ) |
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"Duder" wrote in message
. com... Hi All, Does anybody have an idea to stop my 10 month old from biting when he nursing. Almost every time he starts he nips me and whit his upper teeth coming in it is really starting to hurt. I have tried allot of different things but none so far have worked so maybe you all have a few pointers. You don't have to put up with biting - a 10 month old is quite capable of understanding that biting means the nursing session is over. You could say 'no bite' and if it continues, end the nursing session and give a teether saying something like 'we bite food/teethers, not people'. If it's any consolation, he's biting because his gums are hurting, and once the teeth have come through it shouldn't be a problem anymore. -- Amy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ My blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/querer-hijo-querer-hija/ |
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Larry has some really good pointers for this problem...just wait
"Duder" wrote in message . com... Hi All, Does anybody have an idea to stop my 10 month old from biting when he nursing. Almost every time he starts he nips me and whit his upper teeth coming in it is really starting to hurt. I have tried allot of different things but none so far have worked so maybe you all have a few pointers. Thanks, CW |
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"Mum of Two" wrote in If it's any consolation, he's biting because his gums are hurting, and once the teeth have come through it shouldn't be a problem anymore. Agreed. Jessica was biting me for about three weeks while four of her top teeth came in all at once. She never drew blood or anything thankfully, but it was frequent. She just had to learn how to latch with the new teeth. JennP. |
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Duder wrote:
Does anybody have an idea to stop my 10 month old from biting when he nursing. Push gently on the chin. -- Anita -- |
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Duder wrote:
Hi All, Does anybody have an idea to stop my 10 month old from biting when he nursing. Almost every time he starts he nips me and whit his upper teeth coming in it is really starting to hurt. I have tried allot of different things but none so far have worked so maybe you all have a few pointers. My first child went through two biting while nursing phases. One at 4mos (due to teething I think) and one at 10mos (not teething but he already had a lot of teeth). It was far worse at 10mos and was not easily corrected. What finally worked for us at 10mos. 1) Bringing his face to my breast did not cause him to unlatch. I started nursing with my pinky near his mouth so I could quickly insert it and break the latch myself. 2) I forcefully said 'No biting'. 3) I had to set him down and then actually walk off and leave the room, leaving him behind. This he did not like and it worked rather quickly once I added the walking off. 4) I did not offer to nurse him again for at least 10 minutes. If he did not appear to want to nurse I just didn't offer. That was rare though ;-) 5) I think some of it was that he was hungry but for whatever he refused solids. He did start eating solids (mostly at the sitter) at around 10mos so that may have helped some. I don't know. He also started crawling at 10mos. This kid was a huge comfort nurser and I think he 'asked' to nurse sometimes but he was really just bored so he'd bite me then. Good luck. Once we got it corrected he never bit again. My second son never bit me while nursing but we had the 'worst' problem with him biting everyone else when he was a toddler. I'd actually pick the nursing biting because it was so much easier to correct! -- Nikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Thing One and Thing Two :-) EDD 4/06 |
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CY writes:
: Larry has some really good pointers for this problem...just wait : "Duder" wrote in message : . com... : Hi All, : : Does anybody have an idea to stop my 10 month old from biting when he : nursing. Almost every time he starts he nips me and whit his upper teeth : coming in it is really starting to hurt. I have tried allot of different : things but none so far have worked so maybe you all have a few pointers. : : Thanks, : CW : OK. I'll, uh, respond. (couldn't use the b word :-) Usually, biting happens at the end of a nursign session, when the baby is full and is just "playing around." It is possible to tell when a bite is about to happen, so the first thing to do is learn to watch for it. In order to nurse, a baby need to latched fully onto the nipple with the end well back on its tongue. When the baby wants to bite, it has to slip down onto the end of the nipple. As soon as the baby starts to do this, unlatch and relatch properly. If the baby refuses to latch properly, terminate the nursing session. What if you forget and the baby bites anyway? In this case, press the baby's face directly into your breast. The baby will have to open its mouth to breathe. Remove your nipple. There it is, good luck, Larry |
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